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St Bartholomew's Hospital, London: elevations and a plan of the courtyard, with armorial emblems of the hospital and of the dedicatee. Engraving after B. Cole.

A salesman in Rome with a snake selling amulets as antidotes or prophylactics against snake-bite to a crowd of people. Etching by B. Pinelli, 1821.

Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with colour fabric, 1809.

Textiles: four fabric samples mounted on a printed background. Wood engraving with applied fabric, 1814.

St Luke's Hospital, Cripplegate, London, with a map of Cripplegate Ward and the armorial device of John Blachford. Engraving by B. Cole, 1755.

Surgical instruments used, and operations successfully carried out, by an English travelling operator claiming royal patronage. Line engraving, 16--.

Anselmus de Boodt (Boetius), physician to Rudolph II, wearing a chain of office and a ruff, with an elaborate heraldic border. Line engraving by A. Sadeler.

An architectural loggia of Corinthian columns and pilasters with Adam and Eve. Engraving by P. Huys after L. van Noort, 1568.

Apothecaries' Hall: an ancient mortar, with details of its decoration. Engraving.

John Hope's armorial bookplate. Line engraving.

An ornamental French liqueur label. Gold letterpress on blue paper, 19th century.

Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

A man sits on a stool smoking a pipe, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Engraving by P. Chenu, 1754, after D. Teniers.

M0013597: Illustration of the Arms of the Society of Apothecaries of London

The Foundling Hospital: Captain Coram and several children, the latter carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by F. M. La Cave after W. Hogarth, 1739.

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An ornamental French liqueur label. Gold letterpress on blue paper, 19th century.

Sancho Panza (the squire of Don Quixote) , at a banquet, being starved for health reasons by his physician. Lithograph by C. Nanteuil after M. de Cervantes Saavedra.

A man sits on a stool smoking a pipe, behind a man relieves himself against the wall. Engraving by P. Chenu, 1754, after D. Teniers.

M0013597: Illustration of the Arms of the Society of Apothecaries of London

The Foundling Hospital: Captain Coram and several children, the latter carrying implements of work, a church and ships in the distance. Engraving by F. M. La Cave after W. Hogarth, 1739.